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Mol. Cell. Biol., 05 1996, 1946-1954, Vol 16, No. 5
LV Lotti, L Lanfrancone, E Migliaccio, C Zompetta, G Pelicci, AE Salcini, B Falini, PG Pelicci and MR Torrisi
The intracellular localization of Shc proteins was analyzed by
immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy in normal cells and cells
expressing the epidermal growth factor receptor or the EGFR/erbB2 chimera.
In unstimulated cells, the immunolabeling was localized in the central
perinuclear area of the cell and mostly associated with the cytosolic side
of rough endoplasmic reticulum membranes. Upon epidermal growth factor
treatment and receptor tyrosine kinase activation, the immunolabeling
became peripheral and was found to be associated with the cytosolic surface
of the plasma membrane and endocytic structures, such as coated pits and
endosomes, and with the peripheral cytosol. Receptor activation in cells
expressing phosphorylation-defective mutants of Shc and erbB-2 kinase
showed that receptor autophosphorylation, but not Shc phosphorylation, is
required for redistribution of Shc proteins. The rough endoplasmic
reticulum localization of Shc proteins in unstimulated cells and their
massive recruitment to the plasma membrane, endocytic structures, and
peripheral cytosol following receptor tyrosine kinase activation could
account for multiple putative functions of the adaptor protein.
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Sch proteins are localized on endoplasmic reticulum membranes and are redistributed after tyrosine kinase receptor activation
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy.
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